Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

21506 persons found

Richard Long (artist)

b. 1945

British visual artist (born 1945)

Richard Lugar

American politician (1932–2019)

Richard Lumsden

b. 1965

English actor, writer and composer

Richard M. Daley

b. 1942

Mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011

Richard M. Sherman

American songwriter (1928–2024)

Richard Madaleno

b. 1965

American politician (born 1965)

Richard Madden

b. 1986

Scottish actor (born 1986)

Richard Madeley

b. 1956

English television presenter and writer (born 1957)

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

English nobleman

Richard Matheson

American author and screenwriter (1926–2013)

Richard McCarty (politician)

American politician

Richard Mitchell

b. 1929

Richard Neustadt

b. 1919

American political scientist (1919–2003)

Richard Neutra

Austrian-American architect (1892–1970)

Richard Nixon

President of the United States from 1969 to 1974

Richard O'Connor

British Army general (1889–1981)

Richard Oakes (activist)

b. 1942

Mohawk American Indian activist (1942–1972)

Richard Ottaway

b. 1945

British Conservative politician (born 1945)

Richard Page (musician)

b. 1953

Musical artist

Richard Perham

b. 1937

English biochemist and professor

Richard Perry

b. 1942

American record producer (1942–2024)

Richard Pousette-Dart

b. 1916

American abstract expressionist artist (1916–1992)

Richard Powers

b. 1957

American novelist (born 1957)

Richard Pratt (businessman)

Australian businessman (1934–2009)